# Filebeat connect with Kafka Kerberos(SASL\_SSL) not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** filebeat\
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175 "2020-11-20T18:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jockj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jockj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jockj)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175/1 "2020-11-20T18:06:40Z")

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@ascherbakov686, can you please share more about the solution? what's wrong on the server side? we have the same issue, and want to know the fix.

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**Author:** ![ascherbakov686](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@ascherbakov686](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ascherbakov686)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175/2 "2020-11-20T18:22:17Z")

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hi, i don't know solution for kerberos, now work by certificate authentication.

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**Author:** ![Jockj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jockj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jockj)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175/3 "2020-11-20T18:46:28Z")

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Thanks @ascherbakov686 for your information. yes, it is nothing with kerberos, but it failed with certificate authentication. but if we connect to a Kafka without kerberos but the same certificate, it works.  
It could be something wrong at Kafka server side, but I don't know where it is.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filebeat-connect-with-kafka-kerberos-sasl-ssl-not-working/256175/4 "2020-12-18T20:46:31Z")

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